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  1. Rand's critique of religion as primitive philosophy is as reaction to the dogma produced by 'faith' , a product of irrationality or arbitrary statements and not comparable or even remotely related to 'proper' knowledge in Objectivism. The condemnation of the morality that would follow an ethos of sacrifice is her defense of the self as the highest value. Is the appeal ,(or prehension) for religionists or specifically Christians for O'ism, rooted in an escape or denial of 'transcendental' aspects of reality? Are Galt's triumphs not actually literary examples of transcending the 'mundane'? Regardless etymology , what is inspiration?(and then reconsider etymology)
  2. The notion that is perplexing is the idea that the phenomenon of experience is the reified self as awareness at base. That bodily development, change and eventual decay are conditions to the locus of consciousness/awareness, and that that locus is the self at base. The basic notions of the Vedic philosophies.
  3. I think the essential in most religions could be characterized as a faith in a transcendental aspect of reality. A faith in the possibility of overcoming the seeming paradoxes in the gross physical environment of life on earth. The life and death of Christ, the perceptual aspects of a human being and the strive to offer an explanation or meaning for how non material aspects , ie 'love' or 'will' , can or do affect one's 'lived experience'. Why be 'good', what are the results of 'being good' , whence the good ?
  4. Publicize the findings? Perhaps that would lessen any personal threat.
  5. I’m perplexed with the notion that self describes subjective experience a part from any description of mental products or operations of cognition, ie the ontological basis of the ‘first person’ perspective of experience. As per Rand , and Stephen , consciousness is the act of perceiving that which exists. Would an irreducible subjectiveness be non perceivable and render it without identity and therefore non existent?
  6. This article offers a different frame of interpretation of what was ‘captured’. It seems a better view of the image is to see at as capturing the interactions between light’s ’energy’ and target particles , the light isn’t ‘seen’ or imaged as exhibiting dual aspects as much as what is depicted in the image is the history of the reactions between particles and light as akin to an interference pattern. https://www.insidescience.org/blog/2015/03/13/no-you-cannot-catch-individual-photon-acting-simultaneously-pure-particle-and-wave
  7. Is that to mean Rand and Augustine agree that embracing God is a negation of the self or the mind? both? or are they one and the same? I've long thought that mind and self were the same, but lately I'm perplexed with the notion that self contains the mind as an aspect. That the more fundamental self is consciousness as such. The underlying awareness of the functioning of the mind and its contents are objects to the self.
  8. "No, there is no way to hold any kind of elections during war/martial law. For details see Martial law in Ukraine. Besides, the respective legislation was adopted long before Zelensky became president.😁" "Besides" according to Oxford dictionary means in addition to or apart from. How was it you used the word as preamble to the legislation's origin? I inferred you implied I thought or intimated that Z was the cause of the legislation, I just couldn't fathom another reason on your part to add this. Looking forward to hearing your reasoning on this particular example of syntax.
  9. Notice the comical misspelling , and the fact that it is a question without an answer, cuz no cycle? BTW I've lost track, which of us is rubber ?
  10. Author Posted 44 minutes ago (edited) The more was arbitrary claptrap as there will be no election , as ordered by Z. Expand "1. Missing are your apologies for putting words in my mouth - about what I was allegedly implying. Besides, the respective legislation was adopted long before Zelensky became president.😁" Allegedly ? An objective reading would see that comment as an unsolicited 'off topic' remark. lol face Besides, I was just making a declarative statement about my implication or lack thereof, it wasn't an explicit accusation. You know how implication and inference work, yeah ? Perhaps even better than the level of my legal understanding of Ukrainian constitutional law.
  11. The more was arbitrary claptrap as there will be no election , as ordered by Z. Unless assuming he sues for peace and rescinds martial law and then I guess steps down and the office is vacated for six months ? Ukrainian constitutional law is a little fuzzy for me, but please don’t take that as opportunity to explain to me the intricacies therein , as I view the situation as more of a Slavic civil war spurned on by those bent on weakening Russia.
  12. I wasn’t implying Z orchestrated the legislation he authorized. Quizzical face
  13. In the 'biz' 3% goes to the listing agent and 3% to the buyer's agent , if the same agency sells their own listing they could get the full 6, but to sweeten the deal they will sometimes negotiate either with the buyer or the other agent to lower the rate total.
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